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The Search for the Western Sea - The Story of the Exploration of North Western America (Paperback)
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The Search for the Western Sea - The Story of the Exploration of North Western America (Paperback)
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Dreamers they were, sailing out into the west in quest of they knew
not what-puppets in the game of destiny. What splendid courage it
must have needed to sail in their little cockle-shells of vessels
over that untravelled sea, with its dangers all the more terrifying
because unknown... -Lawrence J. Burpee, in the Introduction From
the discovery of Hudson Bay and the search for the mythical
Northwest Passage to the first overland journey to the Pacific,
Canadian historian Lawrence Burpee makes the story of the
exploration of northwestern North America come alive in this
classic book, first published in 1908. Meet Samuel Hearne, who
survived Indian massacres to discover the mouth of the Coppermine
River in 1771 and proved the nonexistence of a water passage across
the continent; the adventurous La V rendrye family of explorers;
path-finding fur trader Peter Pond; astronomer and surveyor David
Thompson; and others who contributed to the European settlement of
North America. LAWRENCE J. BURPEE (1873-1947), a beloved
popularizer of Canadian history, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In addition to authoring numerous books of North American
exploration, including Pathfinders of the Great Plains and The
Discovery of Canada, he was also the founding editor of Canadian
Geographical Journal and among the founders of the Canadian
Historical Association. He served on the board of the Boy Scouts of
Canada and was a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the
National Geographic Society.
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